Country

German Empire

Historical empire, Central Europe (1871-1918)

The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany or the Second Reich, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when Germany changed its form of government to a republic. The German Empire consisted of 25 states, each with its own nobility: four constituent kingdoms, six grand duchies, five duchies (six before 1876), seven principalities, three free Hanseatic cities, and one imperial territory.

Facts

Capital

Berlin 1

Independence or Founding Year

1871 1

Dissolution or End Year

1918 1

Classification

Sovereignty Status

Historical or Dissolved State 1

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Participant In

Battle of Verdun

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Nationals Include

Wladimir Koppen

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wladimir Koppen (Wikipedia)

Franz von Liszt

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Franz von Liszt (Wikipedia)tier 2

Josef Kohler

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Source Josef Kohler (Wikipedia)tier 2

Adolf Kussmaul

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Karl Joseph Eberth

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Werner Forssmann

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Eduard Bernstein

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Source Eduard Bernstein (Wikipedia)Lead

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Eduard Bernstein (German: [ˈeːduaʁt ˈbɛʁnʃtaɪn]; 6 January 1850 – 18 December 1932) was a German social democratic politician and socialist theorist.

Max Weber

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Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (; German: [ˈveːbɐ] ; 21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally.

Otto von Bismarck

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Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as its first chancellor from 1871 to 1890.

Wilhelm II

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Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor from 1888 until his abdication in 1918.

Wilhelm Liebknecht

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Source Wilhelm Liebknecht (Wikipedia)Lead

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Wilhelm Martin Philipp Christian Ludwig Liebknecht (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈliːpknɛçt] ; 29 March 1826 – 7 August 1900) was a German social democratic politician and journalist.

David Hilbert

Also in Science Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source David Hilbert (MacTutor)tier 2

Eduard Buchner

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Source Eduard Buchner (Wikipedia)tier 3

Ernst Haeckel

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Source Ernst Haeckel (Wikipedia)tier 3

Georg Cantor

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Source Georg Cantor (Wikipedia)tier 3

Hans Bethe

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Hans Geiger

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Source Hans Geiger (Wikipedia)tier 2

James Franck

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Max Delbruck

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Paul Ehrlich

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Source Paul Ehrlich (Wikipedia)tier 3

Robert Koch

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Wilhelm Röntgen

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Source Wilhelm Röntgen (Wikipedia)tier 3

Eduard Bernstein

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Ernst Heinkel

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Hans von Ohain

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